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Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer Starmer said he had dropped his initial resistance to a national inquiry into sexual predator gangs who target children and is now backing one, to be led by a member of the upper house of the UK parliament, Louise Casey. — AFP pic

UK launches investigation into child sexual ‘grooming gangs’ after Musk spotlight and decades of denial

US President Donald Trump signed a proclamation to keep out foreigners from 12 countries initially and is considering adding more to the list from A to Z, such as Angola, Bhutan, Cambodia, and Zimbabwe. — AFP pic

A growing black list: Leaked US cable shows 36 more countries under scrutiny for travel ban

Arthur Folasa Ah Loo, 39, was shot dead at the Salt Lake City “No Kings” protest on June 14, 2025 during a ‘No Kings’ rally against US President Donald Trump on his 79th birthday, one of hundreds that took place across the US. — AFP pic

Utah ‘No Kings’ rally against Trump turns deadly as guns pulled, stray bullet kills one man

A police officer stands in front of the wreckage of an Air India plane that crashlanded into a college hostel building minutes after take-off from an airport in Ahmedabad, India on June 12, 2025. — Reuters pic

‘Hoping for a second miracle’: Hostel cook searches for missing daughter, mother after Air India crash

The head of British intelligence agency MI6 will be a woman for the first time, as the agency’s leadership is choosing one of three female candidates who have reached the final interview. — Reuters pic

Spyglass ceiling shattered: UK names Cambridge-trained Blaise Metreweli as MI6’s first woman chief amid rising Russia, China risks

Of the total global inventory of an estimated 12,241 warheads in January 2025, about 9,614 were in military stockpiles for potential use, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute said.— Reuters pic/Russian Defence Ministry handout

World nuclear arsenal grows for first time since Cold War; China expands fastest, US and Russia modernise arsenals, says Stockholm think tank

Smoke billows following an explosion in central Tehran on June 15, 2025 as Iranian media report an Israeli strike hit the Tehran police headquarters. — AFP pic

Latest on Middle East tensions: Israel and Iran trade deadly strikes as civilians killed, nuclear sites hit and fears of wider war grow

A demonstrator holds sign reading ‘My Dog is Smarter than Republicans’ while protesting the Trump administration during the ‘No Kings’ national rally in Denver June 14, 2025. — AFP pic

No kings, just quips: Protesters roast Trump with cardboard sass

French President Emmanuel Macron will visit Greenland today, in a show of solidarity with Denmark meant to send a signal of European resolve after US President Donald Trump threatened to take over the island. — Reuters pic

France says ‘non’ to Trump’s Greenland grab as Macron visits the Arctic

People watch from a bridge as flames from an Israeli attack rise from Sharan Oil depot, following Israeli strikes in Tehran June 15, 2025. — Reuters pic

Cyprus says it has been asked by Iran to convey ‘some messages’ to Israel

A man takes picture of a fallen tree after the Typhoon Wutip hit southern China's Dongfang city June 14, 2025. — CNS/AFP pic

Death toll rises to five, two missing as Typhoon Wutip floods submerge farmland in Vietnam

A royalist activist holds a Thai flag as he protests in front of the Royal Embassy of Cambodia, following a recent clash at the Thailand-Cambodia border on May 28, 2025, in Bangkok June 6, 2025. — Reuterse pic

Cambodia seeks World Court ruling to resolve border dispute with Thailand

Members of the US Army’s Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Armoured Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division operate a M1A2 SEP V3 tank down Constitution Avenue as they move past US President Donald Trump during the Army’s 250th Birthday parade in Washington, D.C. June 14, 2025. Trump warned Iran today that it would experience ‘the full strength’ of the US military if it attacks the United States, reiterating that Washington ‘had nothing to do’ with Israel’s strikes on Tehran’s nuclear and intelligence facilities. — Reuters pic

Trump says US had ‘nothing to do’ with Israel’s Iran strikes, warns military will respond at ‘levels never seen before’ if attacked

Police monitor a crowd past an upside-down US flag as it dissipates near the Lloyd D. George US Courthouse during the ‘No Kings’ national rally in Las Vegas June 14, 2025. A shooting at a protest against President Donald Trump’s policies in the western state of Utah left one person with ‘life-threatening injuries,’ police said, adding that three others were taken into custody. — AFP pic

Shooting at anti-Trump demonstration in Utah leaves one in critical condition, three in custody

Two hot air balloons crashed in central Turkiye, killing at least one person and injuring 19 others, state broadcaster TRT reported today. — Reuters pic

Two hot air balloons crash in Turkiye, killing one and injuring 19 in tourist hotspot

Women pray in a vigil at the International Siddhashram Shakti Centre in memory of those who have lost their lives in the Air India crash, in London June 14, 2025. — Reuters pic

Families mourn as funerals begin for Air India plane crash victims as DNA identification continues